Geoff Livingston is right tom wonder if the appearance of his Twitter avatar in someone else’s marketing materials is a potential copyright infringement. I’m not sure the Twitter terms of service, in this case, really cover third party uses. My guess is the use of a photo as an avatar on a public web site may constitute consent for fair use, but is this fair use (marketing materials)? If a company does this to someone who cares we may have a legal tussle to enjoy.

As a result, public relations may become the fastest-growing focal point of marketing services for Unilever in the years ahead, he said in an interview after his talk.

This raises the question again: is PR more suited to the conversational nature of social media, or can advertising, best known for but not limited to broadcasting one-to-many messages, adapt? There’s enough broadcast TV left to live on, but what’s next when the “creatives” need to let the hoi polloi speak?

that doesn’t mean I have to understand or read the whole thing, but if you have any interest in “Government 2.0” read the post by Aaron Brazell– and all the comments, including those by his “adversary,” who wrote the e-government report he questions. Like I said, far from taking sides, i’m too tired at the end of the week to even digest this. Have at it though, if you like.

The NHL had a Tweetup to commemorate the beginning of the payoffs (and the near-end of the Canadiens’ season– sorry, Habs fans). These things are becoming more common, and not simply dominated by the same old “social media” crowd anymore.

Old colleague Mike DiLorenzo has the job he was born for, as the NHL Director of Corporate Communications

Of the photos on the Tweetup site, yes, I purposely chose the “dejected Rangers fans” photo. I’m with the Bruins, thank you very much.